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Satyagraha Sabha was formed by Gandhi at _____.

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  1. Bombay

  2. Calcutta

  3. Gujarat

  4. Poona

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following was not of the cardinal principles of Mahatma Gandhiji doctrine of Satyagraha?

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  1. Truthfulness

  2. Non-Violence

  3. Fearlessness

  4. Abstinence

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Satyagraha was a concept introduced in the early 20th century by Mahatma Gandhi to designate a determined but nonviolent resistance to evil. The Gandhian philosophy of satyagraha is a natural outcome of the supreme concept of truth. The satyagrahi must adhere to nonviolence. should be absolutely fearless and firm in his resolve.

In which of the following Satyagraha campaigns, Gandhiji did not participate directly?

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  1. Rajkot Satyagraha

  2. Non-Cooperation Movement

  3. Kheda Satyagraha

  4. Vaikom Satyagraha

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Correct Option: A

The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by _____.

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  1. Rajendra Prasad

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Morarji Desai

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Bardoli Satyagraha was a peasants’ movement against the British government’s decision to raise land revenue. It was led by Vallabhbhai Patel, and its success gave rise to Patel becoming one of the main leaders of the independence movement. In this struggle, Vallabhbhai Patel got the title of “Sardar” by local farmers of Bardoli.

Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-I-Hind and returned all the war medals which were awarded to him by the British for his war services(during the First World War) ______________.

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  1. In protest against the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy

  2. During the Non-Cooperation Movement

  3. In support of the Khilafat demand when the Central Khilafat Committee organised a general all-India hartal on August $1$, $1920$

  4. During the Champaran Satyagraha

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Correct Option: C

On September $20$, $1932$ Mahatma Gandhi began a fast unto death in Yeravada Jail against _____________.

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  1. British repression of the satyagrahis

  2. Violation of the Gandhi-Irwin pact

  3. Communal Award of Ramsay McDonald

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D

Mahatma Gandhi spent a year of complete silence in $1926$ to _____________.

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  1. Consolidate Khadi programme

  2. work for harijan welfare

  3. cl do penance for Chauri-Chaura violence

  4. Write his autobiography

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gandhiji popularised the word “Harijan”‘ meaning “the people of God”. He spent a year for their welfare in 1926. he preached that all human beings are equal and hence the Harijans too have a right for social life along with other caste groups. He went and stayed with them in their colonies, shared meals and performed all the tasks of cleaning along with them.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, better known as Frontier Gandhi, organised the Red Shirt Movement in the North-West Frontier Province(NWFP) for ______.

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  1. Countering the communal propaganda of the Muslim League

  2. Establishing separate Pakhtoonistan

  3. Social and religious reforms

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Khudai Khidmatgars (“Servants of God”) was a movement led by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. It was non violently mobilized to oppose the British in India’s Northwest Frontier Province. The main goal of the Khudai Khidmatgar was to win Indian independence and reform the social, religious, political, and economic life of the Pashtuns.

Kasturba Gandhi died in detention(in $1944$) at ________.

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  1. Yeravada Jail

  2. Ahmedabad Prison

  3. Aga Khan Palace

  4. Ahmedabad Fort

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kasturba Gandhi was an Indian political activist married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Following the 'Quit India' movement, Kasturba joined her husband in detention at the Aga Khan's Palace in Poona. It is there that she died in 1944.

Whom did Mahatma Gandhi recognise as his political Guru?

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  1. Pheroze Shah Mehta

  2. BG Tilak

  3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  4. Dadabhai Naoroji

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the political guru of Mahatma Gandhi.  Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Servants of India Society. On his suggestion, Gandhi had embarked on a tour of the country to observe and understand the life and miseries of ordinary Indians after his return from South Africa.